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Undergraduate students from across the country meet for an intensive two-week program on population composition and changes, focusing on issues including race and income inequalities, health disparities and immigration.

As part of Research and Entrepreneurship week, the University at Albany hosted a senior faculty recognition ceremony on Oct. 17.

The latest developments on University at Albany faculty and staff who are receiving research grants, awards and other noteworthy attention.

Seven University at Albany faculty and staff members have received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to conduct research and teach in their respective fields across Europe, South America, Central America and Asia during the 2023-2024 academic year.

A study by a Sociology doctoral student found that the surge of Guyanese immigration to Schenectady in the early 2000s did not lead to an increase in neighborhood violent crime or property crime. The study also found that increased homeownership — among all residents, foreign-born or native — was associated with declines in homicide and motor vehicle theft.

A faculty team from the Department of Sociology has been granted editorial stewardship of the American Sociology Association’s Rose Series in Sociology through 2025.

The latest developments on University at Albany faculty and staff who are receiving research grants, awards and other noteworthy attention.

Two University at Albany professors — Thomas Begley of the RNA Institute and Zai Liang of the Departments of Sociology and East Asian Studies — have been promoted to SUNY’s Distinguished Academy, the highest academic rank within the SUNY system, conferred by the State University Board of Trustees.